Combined chair and table.



No. 891,141. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908.

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JOHN S. BRYAN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA COMBINED CHAIR AND TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed July 9, 1907. Serial No. 382,957.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BRYAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Chairs and Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined chair and table; and it has for its object to provide a chair adapted to be straddled by the occupant, the seat being in the form of a saddle, and the same being forward end with an upright or standard supporting a table.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described with a table including a folding leaf which may be conveniently lowered to an out-of-the-way position, so that the device will occupy comparatively small space.

Further objects of the invention are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of devices.

I/Vith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention; it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifica tions within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side view of a combined chair and table constructed in accordance with the invention showing the folded table leaf extended. Fig. 2 is a simi. lar view, but showing the folding leaf in a collapsed or folded position. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the device as it appears in Fig. 1.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

An elongated saddle-shaped seat 1 is permanently supported upon a frame which includes the horizontal rails 2, braces 3 and legs 4. The sides of the seat are provided with recesses or indentations 5 for the purpose of accommodating the limbs of the occup ant who sits astride the seat. The latter provided at itsslightly is provided at the front end thereof with a standard including a transversely disposed upright 6 and a longitudinally disposed upright 7, said uprights being disposed approximately at right angles to one another and adapted to support a table 8 of suitable dimensions, said table being provided at its rear edge with a recess or indentation 9 of approximately semi-circular shape for the accommodation of the body of the occupant who may lean forwardly upon the edgeof the table. The front edge of the latter projects in front of the transversely disposed upright 6, forming a flange 10 upon which a drop leaf 11 is mounted by means of hinges 12. Suitably mounted upon the front side of the upright 6, by means of hinges 13, is a leaf supporting bracket 14, which may be projected beneath the drop leaf 11 when the latter is in a raised position, as shown in Fig. 1; when the drop leaf is in the lowered position illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the supporting bracket 14 may be folded to the closed position illustrated in Fig. 2, whereby it will be seen that the said leaf supporting bracket is accommodated below the flange 10 formed by the projecting portion or table, and between the upright 6 and the drop leaf 14, which latter is dropped to a position substantially parallel to the upright 6 and spaced from the latter by the width of the flange 10. The drop leaf 11 and a portion of the side edges of the table 8 are provided with upward extending flanges 15 constituting guards to prevent articles placed upon the table from rolling off the latter.

The operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed. The construction of the improved combined chair and table is very simple and inexpensive; and the improved device will be found thoroughly useful and efficient for a variety of purposes. It may be advantageously used in hotels and other public places, the drop leaf forming an attachment which may be utilized as a desk for writing and other purposes. It will form a useful article of furniture for hospitals, for the reasons that it occupies but little space and may therefore be conveniently placed between the beds or cots, the table, including the drop leaf, being sufficiently large to enable meals to be served thereupon. The device also forms a convenient chair and table for the use of children, and for a variety of other purposes which will readily suggest themselves.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A combined chair and table including a seat, a standard rising vertically from the seat at a point adjacent one of its ends, and a table supported upon said standard and overhanging the seat, said table being provided with a body receiving recess.

2. A combined chair and table including a seat having recessed sides, a standard rising vertically from the seat at a point adjacent one of its ends, and a table supported upon said standard and overhanging the seat, said table being wider than the seat and provided with a body receiving recess.

3. A combined chair and table including an elongated seat having recessed sides, a standard secured to and rising vertically from the seat, a table supported upon the standard and overhanging the seat, said table being wider than the seat and provided in its inner edge with a body receiving recess, the outer edge of the table projecting beyond the standard, a drop leaf hingedly secured to the outer edge of the table, and a'leaf supporting bracket hingedly connected to the standard.

In testimony whereof, I afl iX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. BRYAN.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM S. SI-IERER, THEODORE J. WELsH. 

